William schwab and abraham hess



(No Model.)

W. SUHWAB & A.'HBSS.

FRINGE REEL.

N0. 346,321. Patented July 27, 1886.

Jay-Z ATTORNEY N, PETERS, Phmcrlithoflmpher. Washinpon D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM SGHXVAB AND ABRAHAM HESS, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

FRINGE-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,321, dated July 27,1886.

Application filed October 5, 1885. Serial No. 178,972. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM SCHWAB and ABRAHAM HEss, both of the city,county, and State of New York, have made a new and useful Improvement inFringe-Reels; and we declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention is in the nature of an improvement in fringereels ordevices for containing fringes, gimp, and other passementerie trimming;and the invention consists in a fringe'reel constructed with a series ofsliding shelves, in the manner hereinafter particularly described.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a top View, partly insection; Fig. 2, a side view in section, showing arrangement of folds;Fig. 3, a view of inner face of sides, showing grooves.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

Devices for reeling and containing fringes and passementerie trimmingsare common, but consist, usually, in what are termed reels that is tosay, two side pieces of wood or binders board, and a series ofcross-sticks, some of which may be removable, and around which thefringe or trimming may be wound. In some reels for this purpose it isdesigned to sustain the folds of the trimming by sepa rated supports forthe double purpose of preventing entanglement of the fringes, and alsoto prevent detriment to the goods from the weight of the overlyingfolds; but it is believed that this is not'accomplished in any of thefringe-reels as now constructed, for the reason that the trimming issupported only on the reels by the sticks around which the trimming iswound; and hence the trimming or its several folds will sag togetherbetween the sticks which support it, and the fringes become entangledand the trimming otherwise injured. To prevent this we construct ourreel with side pieces, A, formed from any suitable material, and ofconvenient size. Into the inner surfaces of these side pieces are cut aseries of parallel grooves, a, and also parallel grooves 6. Thesegrooves although parallel with each other have their open ends reversedin each series-that is to say, the grooves a open or extend entirely toone end of the side pieces, A, while the grooves 6 extend or open to theother end only of the side pieces. These side pieces are united togetherby supports of any desirable kind, a, contrally placed. This latterconstruction, however, is old. A series of shelves, B, of suitablelength, thickness, and width to easily slide in the grooves a and I) areconstructed from wood or other suitable material, so that when theseshelves are within the grooves, as shown in Fig. 2, they formsubstantially a series of trays.

Now, when our fringe-reel is constructed substantially as described andshown, it is operated by sliding out the several shelves B,

or all but one of the shelves adjacent to the supports The trimming isthen passed around this shelf one or more times. A second shelf nextbelow the first one is then inserted in the grooves, the trimming passedaround this second shelf. A third shelfis then inserted, the trimmingpassed around it, and so with a fourth shelf or tray, or as many traysas it is desired the reel shall have in its construction. Thearrangement of the trimming about the trays in the reel, or the mannerof passing the trimming around and about the several trays is best shownin Fig. 2. Now, it will be observed that not only do the edges of thetrays B afford support for the several turns of the trimming, but theflat sides of the trays themselves sustain the trimming throughout itsentire length, and so prevent the fringe of one fold of trimming fromentangling with the fringe of the next, but the trays also prevent anundue number of layers of trimming from resting upon each other andsoinjuring its finish. This is important when the trimmings areespecially heavy with ornamentation or have delicate colors. The removalof the gimp is accomplished-by lifting it from one or the other of theuppermost trays, withdrawing the shelf so emptied and lifting the gimpfrom the next succeeding shelf, and so on; and the purpose of making thegrooves a and I) with the open end of one series in a reverse directionfrom the other is a matter of convenience for surfaces of the same,combined with a series inserting and withdrawing the trays when it ofremovable trays, B, and uniting-supports I0 is being used. c, as and forthe purpose described.

Having now described our invention, what \VILLIAMT SOHNVAB. 5 we claimas new, and desire to secure by Let- ABRAHAM HESS.

ters Patent, is- In presence of a In a trimming-reel, the sides A, witha se- D. A. CARPENTER, ries of grooves, a, and 2), formed in the innerL. MONTEMAR.

